Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An insect of the genus Cimex, which includes the bedbugs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. cimices (sim′ i-sēz). A bug, as a bedbug.
- noun [capitalized] A genus of heteropterous hemipterous insects, typical of the family Cimicidæ. Cimex lectularius is the bedbug. See
bug , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See
bedbug .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any member of the
genus Cimex, especially thebedbug .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Although New York has been a focus of bed bug mania, the pests, formally known as cimex lectularius, have also been spotted in a Denver public library, a Bridgeport, Conn., firehouse and a dentist's office in Nashville, Tenn., among many other public places.
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Although New York has been a focus of bed bug mania, the pests, formally known as cimex lectularius, have also been spotted in a Denver public library, a Bridgeport, Conn., firehouse and a dentist's office in Nashville, Tenn., among thousands of other offices and public places that largely go unreported.
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Although New York has been a focus of bed bug mania, the pests, formally known as cimex lectularius, have also been spotted in a Denver public library, a Bridgeport, Conn., firehouse and a dentist's office in Nashville, Tenn., among many other public places.
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Although New York has been a focus of bed bug mania, the pests, formally known as cimex lectularius, have also been spotted in a Denver public library, a Bridgeport,
Forbes.com: News 2010
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And, if the establishment be simple, it is also neat and clean: we never suffered from the cimex and pulex of which
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Among the insects which they brought back with them was a very fine species of cimex; it was found in great numbers upon the foliage of Hibiscus tiliaceus.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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A squadron of mosquitoes -- a sort of _escadrille de chasse_, as it were -- kept me awake until daybreak, when they were relieved by a skirmishing party of _cimex lectulariae_, which are well known in
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From runnin 'off with Cunnle Wright, -- 't wuz jest a common _cimex lectularius_.
The Biglow Papers James Russell Lowell 1855
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From runnin off with Cunnle Wright, -- 'twuz jest a common _cimex lectularius.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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